I’ve just discovered this name, given only once in my country. It combines both the names of my mother and grandfather. Furthermore it’s derived from the greek Helianthos/Helianthus, meaning sunflower, love that!. It gives of such a sunny, summery vibe for me. It’s pronounced Ay-lee-an-tuh in Dutch, an as in Antoine, WDYT?

That pronunciation is not intuitive to me at all, but I'm not from the Netherlands so maybe that's why? I would have said El-ee-an-thee. The meaning is lovely, though. I like in Kansas and sunflowers are our state symbol. I love them, they just look so happy.

July 7th, 2013, 12:41 PM

c@29

Never heard about that one before. Pretty, I think..

July 7th, 2013, 12:43 PM

janna

Absolutely gorgeous! And as a German, it was definitely intuitive for me